Name: O quase fim do mundo
Rating: 3 (2 reviews)

Pepetela

romance

O quase fim do mundo

E se a vida animal de repente desaparecesse da Terra, excepto num pequeno recanto do mundo e em doses mínimas?
Talvez as causas se conheçam depois, mas o que importa é a existência de alguns seres, aturdidos pelo desaparecimento de tantos, e procurando sobreviver. É sobre estes sobreviventes e as suas reacções, desejos, frustrações mas também pequenas/grandes vitórias que trata este romance. Detalhe importante: o recanto do mundo que escapou à hecatombe situa-se numa desgraçada zona da desgraçada África. O que permitirá questionar as relações contemporâneas no velho Mundo.

O Quase Fim do Mundo

Felt like a summer read for “literary” people: very easy to read, engaging story, characters interesting enough for me to want to follow them. However, execution was not great: the ideia of humanity disappearing completely, with the exception of a handful of people, has much to work on, but ultimately the novel goes nowhere with it. Wasted potential. 

I look forward to read other novels by the same author, mostly because it really is very easy to read and I’m kind of hopeful that Pepetela can actually deliver a meaningful and profound story.

Pedro

Felt like a summer read for “literary” people: very easy to read, engaging story, characters interesting enough for me to want to follow them. However, execution was not great: the ideia of humanity disappearing completely, with the exception of a handful of people, has much to work on, but ultimately the novel goes nowhere with it. Wasted potential. 

I look forward to read other novels by the same author, mostly because it really is very easy to read and I’m kind of hopeful that Pepetela can actually deliver a meaningful and profound story.

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